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I watched The Kite Runner
2008-01-09 07:51:00 I finally got to see The Kite Runner last night. AMC wasn’t showing it any place when I first checked in November but now they definitely are after the two golden globe nominations the movie has received. Let me start by saying that the movie is not exactly the book, which means, it’s not word by ... More About: Islam , Books , Kite Runner
Benazir Movie - Bollywood vs. Hollywood
2008-01-08 00:18:00 Anila Khan, a Pakistani producer, approached Mahesh Bhatt to direct a film on Benazir Bhutto after Bhutto’s Assassination. Mahesh Bhatt of course agreed and Shabana Azmi was considered for the role of Benazir. Mahesh Bhatt was willing to go through all the hurdles to get this indo-pak collaboration off the ground but life has its ... More About: Hollywood , Bollywood , News , Movies , Movie
Sand Sculpture of Benazir Bhutto
2008-01-06 09:19:00 Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik creates a sand sculpture of Pakistan i opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, following her assassination, at a beach in Puri, close to the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar, December 28, 2007. (Sanjib Mukherjee/Reuters) More About: Sand , Sculpture , Benazir Bhutto
U.S Economy Headed for Recession?
2008-01-05 23:31:00 I asked this question to myself when I saw the stock market plummet last week. The reason is of course the housing melt-down, the credit crunch and the unemployment rate which is now 5%. It was expected that the economy will add 70,000 jobs but it added only 18,000 and that is certainly not a ... More About: Economy , Finance , Money , Recession
Evaluating Stocks using Dividend Discount Model
2008-01-05 01:10:00 Dividend discount model is a widely accepted financial tool used to evaluate stocks based on the net present value of the future dividends. It works by analyzing and making assumptions related to growth in dividends and interest rates. It?s a tool that is heavily based on speculation but what sets it apart from other financial ... More About: Articles , Finance , Stocks , Model , Discount
New Year, New Look
2008-01-05 00:46:00 If you are regular to my blog then you probabbly have noticed a difference. Yes, I have changed the WP theme to something different and changed my color choice. If this is the first time around that you are coming to this blog then you missed it, my previous wp theme was Black, Orange, Pink ... More About: New Year , Year
Gift Cards and Financial Reporting
2007-12-31 22:25:00 Gift cards have recently become very profitable for retailers because of the ease it can be purchased and the fact that 10% of the consumers don?t use the entire amount on their gift cards. The article discusses ways in which different retailers deal with gift-card reporting and disclosures in their financial statements and outlines issues ... More About: Articles , Money , Financial , Gift Cards , Gift
Khuda Key Liye is Beyond Excellence
2007-12-29 20:06:00 When was the last time you heard something good a Pakistan i movie that makes a point and achieves excellence as far as cinematic expression goes? Probably never…. Khuda Key Liye has done just that. It has excellent direction, thumbs up to Shoaib Mansoor, and thought provoking story line with a somber ending. This is all packaged ... More About: Movies , Islam , Issues
Shock, Disbelief and Anger
2007-12-29 02:47:00 Yesterday, 27th December 2007, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a political rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh. She had just given a campaign address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections. After getting into her bulletproof vehicle, Bhutto stood up through the sunroof of the vehicle to ... More About: Politics , Islam , World , Shock , Pakistan
SFSU won?t buy back its own books
2007-12-22 03:50:00 I spent around $500 this Fall semester on books. $300+ was spent on books “CUSTOM MADE FOR SFSU”. If a book says custom made for SFSU, it basically means… HAHAHA WE GOT YOU SUCKER! Custom editions prepared just for that specific University is a new trend in the text book publishing industry. Why would anyone spend ... More About: Books , Money , San Francisco , Stupid , Personal life
Eid-ul-Adha Mubarak
2007-12-21 19:57:00 Finally I get to say “Eid Mubarak ” even though I celebrated eid two days ago. This time because of so many things were happening around me and I couldn’t concentrate on any one of them….. eid was not as good as it should have been. Let me just say it, it sucked! It sucked like ... More About: Islam , Personal life
Transition in Pakistan is the Number One News Story of 2007 - TIMES Magazin
2007-12-19 20:53:00 I was honestly surprised to hear this on the radio today but then I pondered for a minute and it all started to make sense. Because of Pakistan’s strategic position in Southeast Asia and the so called “War on Terror”, Pakistan should and must be number one if one looks at the current power struggle. Every ... More About: News , Politics , Islam , World , Story
My Interview with Pakistani Spectator
2007-12-19 06:21:00 Pakistani Spectator is on a roll and seems to be interviewing a bulk of Pakistani bloggers, I am honored that they inlcuded me in their list and sent me an interview request. My interview is now live at The Pakistani Spectator. Here I am posting the entire interview, I hope google doesn’t penalize me for ... More About: Pakistan , Blogs , Interview , Personal life , Pakistani
Namira Salim - First Pakistani Woman to go to Space
2007-12-17 22:37:00 Namira Salim is the first ever Pakistan i Woman selected to go for space tour in 2009. She is one of 100 space tourists who will board landmark commercial space flights being offered by Virgin Galactic, which plans to start operations by 2009. Namira, 35, was born in Karachi , but now lives in Dubai and the south ... More About: News , Space
Press Release: Wateen Launches WiMAX Nationwide for Consumers
2007-12-16 21:00:00 Lahore, Pakistan , December 16th, 2007: Wateen Telecom, an Abu Dhabi Group venture in Pakistan, launches its WiMAX and HFC services for the consumer markets today. The launch will allow Wateen customers to have voice, telephony and broadband internet.Wateen Telecom has been working on establishing a wireless network infrastructure since early 2006, and installed the network ... More About: News , Internet , Press Release , Press
Top 10 Pakistani Blogs of 2007
2007-12-16 02:04:00 Light Within recently published a post ranking Top 10 Pakistan i blogs of 2007. Blogs were ranked according to: 1. Regularity/Activity 2. Content 3. Impact Below you will find the list of the blogs, I have taken out explanations done by Dr Farrukh Malik, I believe, and just included the list. 1. Teeth Maestro 2. Pakistani at 3. Light Within 4. Chowrangi 5. Buzzvines 6. Thatta Kedona 7. ... More About: Internet
Don?t Shun the Hijab or Else
2007-12-15 09:48:00 A very strong title but even a stronger story developed in Canada last week. This story is the one where after you are done reading, you say “WHAT?” and then shake your head. Aqsa Pervez, 16 year old girl, never would have thought that when she was told that if she doesn’t wear Hijab , things can ... More About: News , Islam , World , Stupid
Uncle Musharraf Is Now a Civilian President; That Must Hurt
2007-12-01 23:37:00 When Musharraf sacked Nawaz Sharif back in 1999, I started referring to him as uncle Musharraf because at that time in history Pakistan needed someone like him. Two years down the line, things started improving in the economic sector. Then came September 11 and Pakistan was center of attention. Musharraf played the “Fight against terrorism” ... More About: News , Politics , President , Hurt
ISNA: Intrafaith Q&A on Shia/Sunni Relations
2007-12-01 23:16:00 INTRA FAITH WORKS ONE FAITH ? Nineteen Questions about Shi?i-Sunni Relations by: Mohamed Nimer, director of research at the Council on American Islam ic Relations, is the author of “The North American Muslim Resource Guide: Muslim Community Life in the United States and Canada” (Routledge: 2002). Asma Afsaruddin, associate professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University ... More About: Issues , Shia
Pakistan Hit by a Magnitude 5.1 Quake
2007-11-25 22:46:00 This news is not been reported anywhere so I don’t have much information or damage caused by this quake. Probably there isn’t any otherwise it would be in the news some place. Apparently at Pakistan was hit by Magnitude 5.1 earthquake on Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 06:53:47 PM local time 70 miles west of Dera ... More About: News , Quake
Man in India Marries Dog As Atonement
2007-11-25 02:13:00 A man in southern India married a female dog in a traditional Hindu ceremony as an attempt to atone for stoning two other dogs to death ? an act he believes cursed him. P. Selvakumar married the sari-draped former stray named Selvi, chosen by family members and then bathed and clothed for the ceremony Sunday at ... More About: News , Funny , World , Atonement
Another Suicide Blast in Pakistan
2007-11-24 23:26:00 Pakistan is now turning into Asian Iraq as suicide bombings are on the rise. This is not the first suicide bombing after the emergency was imposed and this is definitely not the last. The trend seems to be getting popular everyday and new jihadist recruits seem to be signing up to meet 70 virgins in ... More About: News , Pakistan , Suicide , Blast
Bill Gates Didn?t Say That
2007-11-23 22:31:00 I have received this email many times, again and again from friends and what have you… I am talking about the email with the subject “Bill Gates ’ High School Speech on The Eleven Rules of Life”. I knew in my hearts of hearts that bill gates could never say these things, he is a nerd, ... More About: Funny
My Car Hunt Ends
2007-11-18 21:05:00 I had been looking for a car for about 2 months and was going back and forth between different makes like I started off with ‘07 Camry. Test drove it but didn’t feel any kind of significant difference from Corolla 1998 which I was driving up until now. Maybe I was sick of Toyota or ... More About: Personal life , Ends , Hunt
Saudi Prince: Lets Buy a Flying Palace
2007-11-13 03:37:00 Don’t you feel like shaking your head in amazement when you hear about things rich people do in their day to day life to amuse themselves with toys as expensive as $310 Million? Stop the shaking, this time it is not some russian paying $10 Million to goto moon, it’s our very own Saudi Prince, so ... More About: News , Middle East , World , Flying , Dubai
Things You Didn?t Know about Benazir Bhutto
2007-11-11 04:12:00 I just read “Bhutto’s Persona Raises Distrust, as Well as Hope” story on NYT’s website and it is something that I have been wanting to read but was so shocked that no one was talking about Benazir ’s past while people where busy jumping on the Bhutto band wagon who offers nothing new to Pakistan i politics. Things ... More About: News , Politics
Bhutto: Pakistan under dictatorship is a pressure cooker
2007-11-10 20:31:00 The first thing I do every morning these days is go to iGoogle which is my homepage to checkout news stories from around the world. Nowadays there is only one story, Pakistan ’s emergency rule. Today what caught my eye was Benazir Bhutto ’s comment during an address to diplomats at reception hosted by loyalists at the Senate ... More About: News , Politics , Dictatorship
Description of Images on Edward Said Mural
2007-11-07 21:30:00 Edward Said Mural was unveiled at SFSU on November 2nd 2007. This is the first mural of its kind to be unveiled at any American University. Edward Said Mural - Final Image Description of Images on Edward Said Mural 1) Professor Edward Said (1935-2003) Edward Said was a Palestinian Arab-American academic, educator, writer, philosopher, thinker, scholar, civil and human ... More About: Middle East , Photos , World , Edward Said
Fate of Pakistan as I See It
2007-11-07 20:40:00 It’s interesting to look at newspapers from around the world deciding the fate of Pakistan , speculating things outrageous and sometimes predictable. Depending on what side you are on, one can only see that there will be an uprising against Musharraf that will lead to his becoming the President and dismissal of his post as Chief ... More About: News , Fate
Pakistan: Text of emergency proclamation
More articles from this author:2007-11-03 23:40:00 Martial law has been imposed in Pakistan . This is the full text of the emergency proclamation: PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY Whereas there is visible ascendancy in the activities of extremists and incidents of terrorist attacks, including suicide bombings, IED explosions, rocket firing and bomb explosions and the banding together of some militant groups have taken such activities to ... More About: News , Text , Emergency , Proclamation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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